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DISR
Industry
Released
26/013/300274M
15 pages
PDF
This FOI release from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources contains correspondence and stakeholder material on the Fuel Tax Credit Scheme from mid-2025. It includes a letter from BHP and Rio Tinto to the Prime Minister (25 July 2025) urging retention of fuel tax…
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DISR
Industry
Released
26/011/300292
1 page
PDF
This release is a list of ministerial briefs from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, with each entry showing a subject line and the date it was first sent to the Minister's Office. The seven listed briefs cover the state of the gas market (30 May 2025), current…
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DISR
Industry
Released
26/010/300268
26 pages
PDF
This FOI release contains two Department of Industry, Science and Resources documents prepared for the Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science. The first is a meeting brief for a 5 May 2025 meeting with Scott Farquhar and Damian Kassabgi of the Tech Council…
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DISR
Industry
Released
26/009/300248
4 pages
PDF
This is a departmental meeting brief (MB25-000263) prepared for the Minister for Industry and Innovation ahead of a 29 July 2025 meeting with Fortescue CEO Dino Otranto. It covers Fortescue's decarbonisation activity and green iron plans in the Pilbara, and is marked for…
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DISR
Industry
Released
26/008/300272
19 pages
PDF
This FOI release (FOI 300272) comprises a short email thread from May 2025 and a 19-page attachment set, most pages of which are withheld under section 33(a)(i) of the FOI Act, which covers material whose disclosure would damage international relations. The correspondence…
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DISR
Industry
Released
26/007/300223
194 pages
PDF
This FOI release from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources concerns Fortescue Metals Group and its subsidiaries, and comprises an event brief, a meeting brief, a Senate question on notice submission and excerpts from a Modern Manufacturing Initiative grant agreement…
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DISR
Industry
Released
26/006/300197M
38 pages
PDF
The release contains a November 2023 ministerial briefing (MB23-001058) prepared for the Minister for Resources ahead of a meeting with a Northern Territory Traditional Owner delegation and the Australian Energy Producers. It sets out talking points on First Nations engagement…
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DISR
Industry
Released
26/005/300271
11 pages
PDF
This FOI release, dated 15 January 2026, is a briefing note for Secretary Meghan Quinn PSM covering a meeting on 13 August 2024 between the Department and the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA), including its CEO Tania Constable and chief economist Ross Lambie. The key point…
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DISR
Industry
Released
26/004/300219M
56 pages
PDF
The release comprises briefing material prepared by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources for Minister Madeleine King's September 2025 trip to Japan, including a draft visit program (22 to 26 September 2025), overview and country briefs, facts and statistics, a DFAT…
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DISR
Industry
Released
26/003/300102
187 pages
PDF
The release concerns the decommissioning of Chevron's Barrow Island oil operations (Lease L1H) and the Barrow Island Royalty Variation Agreement Act 1985 (WA). It includes a Chevron presentation to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (17 June 2025), a…
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DISR
Industry
Released
26/002/300250M
11 pages
PDF
The release comprises a ministerial letter from Minister Tim Ayres to Animal-Free Science Advocacy, responding to a July 2025 request for investment in non-animal models, plus two internal email chains from late 2025 involving the Minister's office and CSIRO's Government…
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DISR
Industry
Released
26/001/300197M
15 pages
PDF
This FOI release from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources comprises a ministerial brief (MB23-001058) and related emails concerning a meeting, scheduled for 28 November 2023, between the Minister for Resources and a delegation of Northern Territory Traditional…
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DISR
Industry
Released
25/104/300184
54 pages
PDF
A ministerial submission updates the Minister for Industry and Innovation on two matters related to the Entrepreneurs' Programme: compensation claims arising from a 2019 procurement process for delivery partners, and a performance audit of i4Connect. The 2019 procurement was…
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DISR
Industry
Released
25/105/300211
44 pages
PDF
A performance audit of i4Connect's delivery of the Entrepreneurs' Programme identifies and reviews materials the company accessed to prepare its 2019 tender response for the program delivery partner contract. Conducted by OCM from November 2024, the audit examines information…
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DISR
Industry
Released
25/106/300176
20 pages
PDF
A Department of Industry, Science and Resources policy officer circulated a media summary to green metals program teams on 4 September 2025 regarding industry positions on Australia's 2035 carbon emissions reduction target. The summary highlighted competing business lobbying…
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DISR
Industry
Released
25/101/300238
9 pages
PDF
The Department released correspondence from The Interstellar Alliance Social Experiment Group to the Australian Space Agency, containing requests for public disclosure of information regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), UFOs, and extraterrestrial life. The group…
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DISR
Industry
Released
25/102/300194
21 pages
PDF
The Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) Integration and Translation Stream substantively ceased on 30 June 2025, with grantees required to submit post-project reports by April 2026. A ministerial submission dated July 2025 addresses debt recovery issues affecting the program…
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DISR
Industry
Released
25/099/300251
3 pages
PDF
Correspondence between DISR and CSIRO regarding the release of a CSIRO report on non-animal models for medical product development in Australia. The documents show meeting notes from 2 August 2023 discussing CSIRO's strategy to mature capabilities in this area. Key discussions…
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DISR
Industry
Released
25/100/300206
113 pages
PDF
The Department of Industry, Science and Resources released grant opportunity guidelines for an ad hoc grant to Australian Made Campaign Limited in 2025–26. The grant aims to promote the Australian Made, Australian Grown (AMAG) logo domestically to strengthen market depth and…
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DISR
Industry
Released
25/097/300168
23 pages
PDF
A ministerial briefing prepared for a June 2025 meeting between the Industry Minister and Queensland Premier David Crisafulli addressed financial viability challenges at Glencore's Mount Isa copper smelter. The brief identified aging assets, global market conditions, and energy…